Hi There just wandered if someone could help me, i borrowed my fiancee dads van on monday and he borrowed my car to get it serviced for me, i was driving his van for the day and in the morning i had a...
Some years ago a small rural town in Spain twinned with a similar town in Greece. The Mayor of the Greek town visited the Spanish town. When he saw the palatial mansion belonging to the Spanish mayor...
I bought some euros today (in London) from the tiny exchange kiosk on the corner next to my workplace, they gave the best rate I could find. I'm just wondering how they do it - no cards are accepted,...
I have a lot of old video tapes (bought blank and then taped tv programmes on). I can't find any information on how to recycle or or otherwise get rid them - does anyone know?
I have a combi boiler + it keeps firing up when the heating + water are off. It fires up, stays on for a few mins, goes off for a few mins + then does it again. It has been doing it constantly day +...
My Peugeot 307 passenger door won't open from outside. I can open it fom the inside ok to let the passenger in but it's going for mot and I fear it might fail for that reason. The guy at the test...
Late at night after the heavy rain. Driving slowly through the floodwater. It gets deeper and before I know it the water is above the bonnet and the engine dies. This really worries me as the car is a...
When the exchanges were last streamlined, making all non-geographic landline calls 08 and 09 the higher rate numbers were 0870 at around 10p a minute and 0845 at 5p (compared to something less for all...
This really annoys me, I'm rather tall and when given one of these as a courtesy or hire car it can obscure my view of the road. Peugeot 206, Renault Clio, Renault Scenic, Nissan Tino, why are the...
Just got home after a 2 hour motorway journey. Whilst reverse parking my 2004 Vectra 1.9 SXI CDTi the power steering became very stiff. I managed to park the car and then came inside. I have just been...
In this earlier question: http://www.theanswerb.../Question1070105.html I may have given the impression that I believed it would be quite a few weeks before The Great “Deal” That Saved the...
Didn't know where to put this - maybe we need a rant section? Himself bought a new kettle today and decided he needed to keep the box and receipt, fair enough. What does he do, just leaves it on the...
Just been in to a new local shop called the Sweet Emporiam.I filled a bag with pear drops, spearmint chews, mintoes, liquorice & blacurrant, humbugs & sherbert lemons. All for £3,...
Hi My Fiancee and I are getting married in Spain next year and have already put a hefty deposit down for venue etc. I heard on the news today about how poor a state these european countries are in...
We just came back from a few days at the in-laws and left the cat at the local cattery. They didn't have much room so she was put in the isolation unit, basically a shed away from the other cats. The...
Why do they always want to 'push the boundaries' on television by having more and more crude and foul language? What is the reasoning behind it? All they are doing is alienating those of us who might...
I have a Vauxhall Astra MK 5 and need to change the throttle pedal. Have contacted vauxhall and received quote for £115 and tell me the part needs to be coded to the ECU. Have also got second...
